Honors College Graduate Mentors

Honors College students have several opportunities to connect with our Honors College Graduate Mentors, a cohort of full-time doctoral students representing a range of academic disciplines. Honors College Graduate Mentors provide mentorship within their academic area of expertise regarding topics such as writing personal statements for graduate school applications, how to get involved in research, coaching on presenting academic research, and more. Graduate Mentors are available through office hours as well as signature events, giving Honors College undergraduates a rich resource and support network within their academic disciplines.

Current Graduate Mentors

Amily Bolano Diaz

Law School - Newark

Amit Sen

Amit Sen

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Amy Adair

Graduate School of Education (Ph.D. in Education Program)

Barbara Gruszka

Neuroscience - RBHS

Batoul Taki

Batoul Taki

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Bingyan Cui

Bingyan Cui

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Clara Scher

Clara Scher

Social Work

Courtney McDermott

Courtney McDermott

Neuroscience

Daniel Piacitelli

Daniel Piacitelli

Physics and Astronomy

Eleanor Agosta

Eleanor (Nellie) Agosta

Molecular Biosciences, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

Elif Poyraz

Elif Poyraz

Psychology

Liesl Broadbridge

Elizabeth (Liesl) Broadbridge

Communication, Information, and Media, Communication Department (Health Communication)

Emma May

Emma May

Communication and Information - Library and Information Science

Fabrizio Drago

Fabrizio Drago

Public Health (Epidemiology track)

Fan Zhang

Fan Zhang

Computer Science

Geordan Stukey

Geordan Stukey

Microbial Biology

Huteng Dai

Huteng Dai

Linguistics

Ivan Linares Garcia

Ivan Linares Garcia

Cell Biology and Neuroscience

Jiawei Shao

Jiawei Shao

Ph.D. in Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Rutgers

Jiayi Liu

Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Program

Josh Rochotte

Josh Rochotte

Communication Information and Media

Lauren Harnedy

Lauren Harnedy

Clinical Psychology PhD

Margot Shumaker

Margot Shumaker

Microbial Biology

Marissa Caldwell

Marissa Caldwell

Communication

Mikayla Voglewede

Mikayla Voglewede

Neuroscience

Morgan Mark

Morgan Mark

Ecology and Evolution

Naomi Cruz

Naomi Cruz

Public Health; Health Behavior, Society and Policy Department

Prateeksha Rout

Prateeksha Rout

Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Reem Alatrash

Reem Alatrash

Molecular biosciences program

Ryan Fink

Ryan Fink

Cellular and Molecular Pharmocology

Saai Anugraha Tiruchendurai Suryanarayanan

Saai Anugraha Tiruchendurai Suryanarayanan

Cell and developmental Biology/ Department of Genetics

Sergej Grunevski

Sergej Grunevski

Cognitive Psychology

Sophia Fox-Dichter

Sophia Fox-Dichter

Planning and Public Policy

Sophia Piper

Sophia Piper

Ecology & Evolution

Thomas Zimmerman

Thomas Zimmerman

PhD - Higher Education

Weiping Hua

Weiping Hua

Electrical and computer engineering


Previous Graduate Mentors 

2022 - 23

Christopher Corbo: English

Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience

Fernando Antonio Rebolledo Uscanga: Biomedical Engineering

John Aremu : Biostatistics, Epidemiology

Ivan Linares Garcia: Neuroscience

Patrick Brooks: Philosophy

2021 - 22

Adam Gibbons: Philosophy

Anna Sandberg: Education, Culture, & Society

Chris Corbo: English

Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience

Fernando Antonio Rebbolledo Uscanga: Biomedical Engineering

John Aremu: Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Ivan Linares Garcia: Neuroscience 

Stephania Guzman: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology 

2020 - 21

Adam Gibbons: Philosophy

Alexandra Burr: Biomedical Engineering

Angela Dao: Psychology- Behavioral & Systems Neuroscience

Anna Sandberg: Education, Culture, & Society

Carolina Flores Henrique: Philosophy

Christopher Corbo: English

Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience

Fernando Antonio Rebolledo Uscanga: Biomedical Engineering

John Aremu: Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Rahul Upadhya: Biomedical Engineering

Maria Ibrahim: Molecular Biosciences

2019 - 20

Alexandra Burr: Biomedical Engineering

Lauren Timmins: Biomedical Engineering

Rahul Upadhya: Biomedical Engineering

Angela Dao: Psychology- Behavioral & Systems Neuroscience

Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience

Kailana (Nani) Durnan: English

Anna Sandberg: Education, Culture, & Society

Brian Sengdala: Music: Musicology

Brandon Schweibenz: Biochemistry

Nanxia Zhao: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Rebecca Cipollina: Psychology

Tin Le: Pharmacy

Tiffany Lin, HC '19: Pharmacy

Daniel Rizzolo: Toxicology

Yongjia (Nancy) Gong: Food Science/Microbiology

Tyler John: Philosophy

2018 - 19

Alex Yonk: Cell Biology and Neuroscience

Caterina Agostini: Italian

Emily Kelly-Castro: Neuroscience and Cell Biology

Jiqun Liu: Library and Information Science

Julia O'Connor: Social Work

Kailana (Nani) Durnan: English

Lauren Timmins: Biomedical Engineering

Louis Segura: Comparative Literature

Mary Alcaro: English

Michelle Doose: Epidemiology

Nirmala Thomas: Environmental Science - Exposure Science

Rachel Dickler: Learning Sciences

Rafael Vizcaino: Comparative Literature

Robyn Miranda: Food Science

Rudrani Gangopadhyay: Comparative Literature

Scott Harris: English

Thanawat Rattanawitoon: Public Health

2017 - 18

Cosmas Mwikirize: Biomedical Engineering

Caroline Pantazis: Neuroscience

Nattawan Junboonta: Theory, Organization and Policy

Na'ama Av-Shalom: Learning Sciences

Eve Reilly: Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Richard Voepel: Mathematics

Caitlin Bronson: Social and Health Psychology 

Shaojun Zhu: Computer Science 

Catie Raney: Physics & Astronomy 

Morgan Moyer: Linguistics

2016 - 17

Tawanda Hubbard: Social Work

Rachel Rubinstein: Psychology

Yilin Wu: Economics

Na'ama Av-Shalom: Learning Sciences

Nattawan Junboonta: Education Theory, Organization and Policy

Sonia Razavi: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Caroline Pantazis: Neuroscience

Cosmas Mwikirize: Biomedical Engineering

Fei Wang: Molecular Biology & Genetics

Maria Qadri: Biomedical Engineering & Quantitative Biomedicine

Urmimala Basu: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology